McClaren puts faith in anger management with Rooney

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FOURTEEN weeks after his infamous last act in an England shirt, Wayne Rooney returns to the international stage at Old Trafford this evening apparently labouring under the effects of a World Cup hangover but ready to “explode” into action, according to Steve McClaren, the head coach.

Rooney’s explosions — such as the stamp in the groin of Ricardo Carvalho that led to his sending-off in the World Cup quarter-final against Portugal on July 1 — have occasionally been counter-productive, but McClaren believes that the Manchester United forward, having listened to a couple of lectures from England’s resident sports psychologist this